Frailty in Older Adults: Evidence for a Phenotype

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  • DOI 10.1093/gerona/56.3.m146
  • PMID https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11253156
  • OpenAlex ID W2164059021
  • Type Article
  • Language EN
  • Published 01 Mar 2001
  • Volume 56 (3)
  • Pages M146–M157
  • Source The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Publisher Oxford University Press
  • FWCI 30.66
  • Countries 1
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Frailty in Older Adults: Evidence for a Phenotype

Article 2001 EN

BACKGROUND: Frailty is considered highly prevalent in old age and to confer high risk for falls, disability, hospitalization, and mortality. Frailty has been considered synonymous with disability, comorbidity, and other characteristics, but it is recognized that it may have a biologic basis and be a distinct clinical syndrome. A standardized definition has not yet been established. METHODS: To dev…

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1 Linda P. Fried Corresponding Johns Hopkins University (US) Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
2 Catherine M. Tangen —
3 Jeremy D Walston —
4 Anne B. Newman —
5 Calvin H. Hirsch —
6 John S. Gottdiener —
7 Teresa E. Seeman —
8 Russell P. Tracy —
9 Willem J. Kop —
10 Gregory L. Burke —
11 Mary Ann McBurnie —

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